(We’ve also talked about what color tights to wear with a navy skirt, and rounded up some great navy suits for interviewing.) I’m curious to hear what the readers think, but this has always been my rules of thumb: All shades of blue go well with black — so long as you don’t look like you got dressed in the dark.

This is really the trick — the closer the blue is to black, the more you have to wear it with intention.

During the early 1900's frequent attempts by Congress to create a National Naval Reserve Failed.

In 1914 however, Congress passed the Naval Militia Act which placed the State organizations under the supervision of the Navy Department.

So how do you wear a dark blue and black — with intention?

Navy proposal to organize a national Naval Reserve Force went before Congress.